Liberty's Refuge

Lies, Lies and Other Falsehoods

grampslcf September 17, 2026 No Comments

Can the Democrats stoop any lower? From Maine to Texas to California the Democrats keep dredging up the worst of humanity as candidates for national office.

First, there was Graham Platner in Maine, who won a primary for the US Senate seat. Later Platner was credibly accused of rape by a former girl friend. Platner was replaced by Troy Jackson, a DSA afficionado, who wants to rewrite our Constitution, supports open borders, is in favor of killing babies, and wants to allow the slicing and dicing of gender-confused children. Of course, Jackson is not running on any of this but has tried to adopt a moderate position so he can fool the voters in Maine.

Connect the Dots

grampslcf September 16, 2026 No Comments

The Muwaffaq Salti Air Base (MSAB), located near Azraq in eastern Jordan, is a major U.S. and Jordanian military hub. On July 17^th it came under Iranian ballistic‑missile and drone attack. Three U.S. service members were killed and others were injured. Significant damage was inflicted on several hangers on the base.

On July 20^th Iran released remarkably detailed, high-resolution, satellite images showing both before and after.

The American System

grampslcf September 15, 2026 No Comments

Why does President Trump face such over-the-top hostility with every move he makes? In particular, why has his highly successful economic program faced such fierce resistance? The results have proven the critics completely wrong.

Let’s be reminded that Trump is a builder. The answer lies in what Trump is doing—and what he’s undoing. Trump is not just swinging a wrecking ball. He has a blueprint and Its name is the American System.

Prices

grampslcf September 14, 2026 No Comments

Capitalism provides a framework for the setting of prices for goods. In a capitalist economy, price setting is primarily driven by market forces—specifically supply and demand—though it can also be influenced by costs, competition, and, in some cases, government intervention.

In a free market, the price system is the mechanism through which the value of goods and services is determined. Prices adjust based on:

Supply: How much of a product is available.
Demand: How much consumers want at different prices.
Marginal utility: The additional satisfaction a consumer gets from one more unit of a good, which influences willingness to pay

We Still Remember

grampslcf September 12, 2026 No Comments

Ukraine-Russia

grampslcf September 11, 2026 No Comments

Negotiations to end the war have been ongoing since the beginning of the second Trump administration. U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff and President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner have been leading the talks with Moscow and Kyiv. These men have worked tirelessly to expand the potentials for peace around the world. They have the full backing of the President. The Gaza Peace deal is just one example of their efforts.

Negotiations in the Ukraine-Russia conflict have many headwinds working against peace. The EU needs the war. European economies are threatening to collapse. This is primarily due to the heavy hand of regulation and the EU’s pressure to go green. Without the war, it is difficult to see how the EU’s economies would be competitive.

Stopping access to cheap energy (think fossil fuels) in favor of expensive green energy has placed the EU at a significant disadvantage in the world markets. The sabotaging of the Nord Stream pipelines destroyed a source of cheap energy that would have helped those industries to stay competitive. Ukraine did that to prevent Germany from growing closer to Russia.

Lies & More Lies

grampslcf September 10, 2026 No Comments

Some people want to call capitalists greedy especially when they make a lot of money. Let me ask a different question. What do you call someone who forces a capitalist to sell part of the business he/she built so that that someone can take the money?

Elizabeth Warren, is that greed also? Or is it robbery?

How about forcibly taking real money from someone as a percentage of the assets they own, have not sold nor made any money from? Is that greed? Or again is that robbery?

The Venezuela Deal

grampslcf September 9, 2026 No Comments

President Donald Trump has just laid the blueprint on how to defeat and reorganize a brutal communist regime in less than a year by removing the tyrant and investing in that country’s vast natural resources.

A few decades ago, Venezuela boasted of having the highest living standards in Latin America and attracted large-scale European and Latin American immigration. That all ended when Hugo Chavez, the former tyrant, entered the picture with his communist-socialism. This destroyed the country. Then President Trump rescued the people and removed their current tyrant, Nicolas Maduro.

Recently, President Trump announced a massive oil deal with Venezuela, “The BIGGEST oil deal in world history.” Mike Steger from Promethean Action describes the brilliance of President Trump’s historic oil deal with Venezuela.

The American Dream

grampslcf September 8, 2026 No Comments

Following up on the post from Labor Day, you are the ones who have made America the exceptional country that America is.

America has been asking “What if?” since its beginnings. What if ordinary people could govern themselves? What if a person could own the fruits of his labor? What if a child born without wealth could rise by talent and determination alone? The answer to all of this created the greatest country in the history of the planet.

Now, however, there are elements seeking to fracture the coalition of pragmatic conservatives who believe in the premise that founded this country. The noise is getting louder and the distractions more intense. Resetting the economic balance sheet in favor of Main Street and everyday Americans is being challenged harder. For all of these reasons and more, it seems more difficult to keep moving forward with economic nationalism as the roadmap to making America great again.

Labor Day 2026

grampslcf September 7, 2026 No Comments

Labor Day is called the “unofficial end of summer” because it marks the end of the America’s nominal summer season. Of the 7% of Americans who take two-week vacations, many take their vacations during the two weeks ending Labor Day weekend. Many fall activities, such as school and sports (particularly football), begin around this time. Of course, in the South, many school districts take a three day weekend since they have been underway for a few weeks.

Labor Day is a federal holiday in America celebrated on the first Monday of September. It’s recognized function is to honor the American labor movement and the works and contributions of laborers to the development and achievements in the United States.